First Meeting (Open for tsukihime)

[KikiSnow]

The first thing that registered to Yugi's mind was his unusual soreness. He felt like butterflies were in his stomach and that his head had been pounded by Obelisk. He felt like he was fading in and out of consciousness. Groggily, he opened his eyes and only saw blue sky and clouds straight above him.

'What happened?' he thought. 'I thought we were in Egypt... Wait. The Items... They did something... Oh! The Puzzle!'

He tried to get up, but he felt too exhausted to do so. Luckily, he soon felt the chain of the Millennium Puzzle in his left hand. As his hand clenched around the chain, he thought, 'Good. The Puzzle is safe... Yami-- No, Atem, is safe...'

Feeling more at ease, Yugi slipped into unconsciousness once more, failing to realize that his partner was there: just not in his normal spirit form......

((How's that for the first story-related post in the first story-related thread? Your turn, Cat-chan! ))

[tsukihime]

((It's great! ;D Um...so I'm not completely sure what to write...so I'm gonna try and do my best. If my post sounds wrong or weird, lemme know. ^^; ))

Moments after Yugi returned to unconsciousness, two eyes flew open. A few feet away from Yugi, was Atem. He stared at the blue sky for a while before stiffly sitting up, groaning at how sore his body felt.
Even though thousands of questions flew through his mind, he was only able to figure out one thing at that moment.

This wasn't Egypt.

The second thing he discovered was that the Millennium Puzzle was no longer around his neck. He looked around the area to see if it had fell off of him or something. He stopped when he spotted Yugi and the Puzzle.
He sighed, glad that the Puzzle was not lost.
His relief did not last long, for he suddenly realized that something wasn't right. He looked down at himself, realizing he had his own body.
"How did this happen?" He mummered to himself in shock.

Shaking it off for a moment, Atem moved over to where Yugi was and shook him.
"Yugi! Are you awake, Yugi?" He asked.

((......^^;.....I hope what I wrote was okay.))

[KikiSnow]

((Don't worry. That was perfectly fine. ^-^ ))

Yugi's state of unconsciousness didn't last long; about a couple of minutes after trying to rest, he felt himself being shaken awake, and he heard a familiar voice speaking to him. Groaning slightly, Yugi opened his eyes to see Atem in front of him. Something didn't look right, though.

The puzzle wasn't on him.

After noticing this, Yugi quickly jolted awake with a gasp, and after a moment, he asked, "Atem, how? How are you here without wearing the puzzle?"

Slowly, he tried to sit up, and after noticing his surroundings more clearly, the small boy added in, "And where are we? There's no possible way we could be in Egypt!"

((Well, I hope mine was okay... ^^)

[tsukihime]

((It's great! ^^))

"I don't know." Atem answered, looking confused himself. "There is a lot of unanswered questions here. Such questions like, "How did we get here?", "What happened?" "Why do I have my own body?" Questions I'm sure that won't be answered as soon as we'd like."

He scanned their surroundings again.
"Wherever we were, I suppose we should take a look around since we're here." He said. "Perhaps we'll run into someone who can help us."

[KikiSnow]

"I hope so," Yugi said as he stood up. Absentmindedly, he looked down at the Puzzle, which he was still holding. After bringing it up to eye-level, he looked back at Atem and asked, "Who should hold on to the Puzzle?"

((Ugh! Shortness! DX))

[tsukihime]

((Sa'll good. ^^...Mine's kinda short too...))

Atem thought for a moment.
"If you want to hold onto it, you can." He said. "I don't suppose it matters which one of us holds onto it since we can both use the Puzzle."

[KikiSnow]

"Yeah, I guess you bring up a good point," Yugi said, shrugging slightly. Quickly, he put the puzzle around his neck. Then, he walked forward a little, trying to spot something out of the ordinary. As he looked through the trees, a thought suddenly occured to him. Pausing in his movement, he asked, "Do you think Jounouchi and the others are here, too?"

[tsukihime]

"I'm not sure." Atem said, crossing his arms over his chest. "If they are here, I'm sure we'll run into them soon."
He walked passed some trees and stopped looking back at Yugi.
"We should see if we can find somebody that may be able to help us."

[KikiSnow]

Yugi stayed still for a moment, wondering if everyone was okay. It was only after Atem's last statement that he was brought out of his thoughts.

"Oh, right," Yugi replied, quickly moving so that he was walking by his friend's side. As they walked, he looked around, taking in his surroundings. So far, though, he saw nothing but forest.

[tsukihime]

((Got a couple of questions for you, Ki-chan. What Naruto characters are they going to run into first? And is this going to take place in Shipuudden or pre-time skip?))

The two continued on walking for almost an hour. Atem stopped and looked around the area.
"Hm." He grumbled. "My concern is whether we'll be able to find someone before tonight."
Atem then continued on.

[KikiSnow]

((Plot says it all takes place in Shippuden, Cat-chan. And since we're trying to do the scene at the end of the plot, I guess Naruto would be first. Yes, obvious, I know. Maybe I should've made it so they met someone really random, like Tenten.... Well, sorry, but I think I'm gonna make this post bring Naruto in.....^^)

Yugi had hardly paid attention to what Atem had said. Instead, he was sort of dazing off into the distance. Suddenly, he could've swore he saw a spot of yellow hair go by in the distance. Smiling, Yugi ran towards it, shouting, "Atem, I think I might've found Jounouchi!"

Yugi just hoped he was right. Oh well, even if he wasn't, at least they found someone.

[tsukihime]

((O-Oh...; I forgot...*facepalms* Sorry. >_<;; ))

"What? You found Jounouchi?" Atem asked and turned around, taking a few steps towards where "Jounouchi" might be.
"Jounouchi!" Atem called loudly into the trees. "Are you out there?!"

~*~

A tree branch shook and dropped some leaves as a young shinobi by the name of Naruto stopped and stood on the branch. He looked over his shoulder at the sound. "Eh?"

Naruto was currently 15 years of age.

Curious, he turned around and jumped a few more branches, stopping on a branch that loomed over Atem and Yugi.
Squatting down and staring at them, Naruto snickered to himself, noting how strange they looked.

Atem sighed.
"Perhaps that wasn't Jounouchi, Yugi." Atem said. "And whomever it was probably didn't hear us. We'll have to continue on and try to find help."

Naruto blinked. They needed help? Naruto grinned to himself, thinking that he was such a great guy; going to help these two strange men.

Hopping down from the branch, Naruto landed in a squatting position.
Atem jumped back at his sudden appearance.
Standing up, Naruto raised his hand in greeting.
"Yo!" He said with a big grin.

[KikiSnow]

Yugi was disappointed when they couldn't find Jounouchi, but he was sure he saw that blond hair. If it wasn't Jounouchi, then who was it? He was just about to suggest that they could try looking for a town or something when a boy jumped down from a tree branch. Startled, Yugi let out a shout of surprise. After calming down a little, he looked at this boy. Noticing the blond hair, he realized that this was probably the person that he saw earlier.

For a while, he wasn't sure what to say to him; he was a stranger after all. Finally, he raised his hand slighly and said, "Um, hi. Do you know where we are right now? I think we're lost..."

'In a BIG way,' Yugi thought to himself.

[tsukihime]

Naruto put his hands on his hips. "You're just outside of the fire country's Konohagakure." He said. "That's where I live."

Atem glanced at Yugi for a second before looking back at this stranger. Even though the blond boy told them where they "apparently" were, it didn't help. Since they had no idea where the "fire country" or "Konohagakure" was.

"Uhm...so, who are you guys?" Naruto asked, his face turning to confusion. "I've never seen anyone who looks as strange as you two around here."

[KikiSnow]

Yugi thought for a moment, 'Konohagakure? Yeah, we're DEFINITELY lost...'

After hearing the boy say that they were the strangest looking people he ever saw, Yugi gave a short laugh. He figured that if they ran into anyone else, they'd be getting that reaction a lot. Then, taking initiative, he said, "Well, my name's Yugi."

Then, he gestured to Atem and said, "And this is Atem. He's my--"

Yugi stopped, just now realizing something. What if this person didn't believe in people having a spirit live inside of them for a couple of years? Maybe no one did where this kid came from. He wasn't sure what to say to the boy now; Yugi didn't want to look like a lunatic to a complete and total stranger.